September 18, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY
Calvin College will be one of two sites this week for a panel discussion on
Michigan's upcoming affirmative action vote.
On Thursday, September 21, at 7 pm in the Fine Arts Center at Calvin, the
college will host "Affirmative Action: It's Up for A Vote," a panel discussion
featuring people on both sides of the issue. That will follow a similar event
that day at Hope College, to be held from 3 to 4:30 pm in the Maas Auditorium.
The event at Calvin will be moderated by college communication professor
Randall Bytwerk. Calvin professor of sociology and interim dean for
multicultural affairs Michelle Loyd-Paige will be a panelist as will Calvin
sophomore Jonathan Jelks, a local activist who has organized previous forums on
the issue and other issues relating to African American youth in Grand Rapids.
Pro-ballot panelists include Chris Eveleth, a salesman and student at Lansing
Community College, and authors Diane Carey and Gregory Brodeur. Joining Jelks
and Loyd-Paige on the anti-ballot side of the table is Ingrid Scott-Weekley,
the equal opportunity director for the city of Grand Rapids.
Both panels are sponsored by the West Michigan Colleges and Universities group
whose presidents who have signed a compact to work together on issues of race
and diversity.
For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/affirmative-action.htm
For more on the pro-ballot side see www.michigancivilrights.org
For more on the anti-ballot side see www.oneunitedmichigan.org
Contact Tom McWhertor, vice president for enrollment and external programs at
Calvin, at 616-526-6650
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